I'm an electrical engineer ⚡ by training although these days I've left the world of hardware far behind and focus on software 👨‍💻. When at home I have many hobbies and coding is one of them. My hobbies include 3D printing 🖨️ and IoT. Other activities include home assistant, IP networking, WiFi 🛜, model railways 🚂, rpi, esp32...

I also do outdoor things like boating 🚤, construction 🪚, skiing 🎿 & hiking 🥾.

I code for different purposes but one of the major reasons is to enhance my 3D printing hobby.

When I 3D print I like to develop customisable useful objects. To achieve this I work with OpenSCAD to generate parameterised 🛠️ models. The end consumer of a model can then adjust the output to produce what they need.

The models are typically made with useful features, selectable content 📋, error checked and auto scaled 📐.

I try print test, although often there are often so many variants I can't test them all 🤷‍♂️.

My usual methodology is too create a master code file with all variants, together with python + config files to create simpler sub-variants from the master and to pass parameters between dependent parts.

Currently I have two 3D printers, although mostly I use a Bambu P1S with AMS as it is the most reliable and I can focus on designing not tinkering with the machine.

In terms of license, if the code is for creating 3D prints, usually the printed outputs are CC BY-NC-ND licensed.

The code to generate the models I typically keep in a private repo to avoid licensing issues.